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fast food restaurant A fast-food restaurant, also known as a quick-service restaurant (QSR) within the industry, is a specific type of restaurant that serves fast-food cuisine and has minimal table service. The food served in fast-food restaurants is typically ...
chains, as distinct from
fast casual restaurant A fast casual restaurant, found primarily in the United States and Canada, does not offer full table service, but advertises higher quality food than fast food restaurants, with fewer frozen or processed ingredients. It is an intermediate conce ...
s (see
List of casual dining restaurant chains This is a list of casual dining restaurant chains around the world, arranged in alphabetical order. A casual dining restaurant is a restaurant that serves moderately priced food in a casual atmosphere. Except for buffet-style restaurants and, mor ...
), coffeehouses (see
List of coffeehouse chains This list of notable coffeehouse chains catalogues the spread and markets share of coffeehouses world-wide. This list excludes the many companies which operate coffeeshops within retail establishments, notably bookstores and department stores, o ...
),
ice cream parlor Ice cream parlors (American English) or ice cream parlours (British English) are places that sell ice cream, gelato, sorbet, and/or frozen yogurt to consumers. Ice cream is typically sold as regular ice cream (also called hard-packed or hard s ...
s (see
List of ice cream parlor chains This is a list of notable ice cream parlor chains. Ice cream parlors are places that sell ice cream, gelato, sorbet and/or frozen yogurt to consumers. Ice cream is typically sold as regular ice cream (also called hard-packed ice cream), gelato an ...
), and pizzerias (see
List of pizza chains This list of pizza chains includes notable pizzerias and pizza chains. Pizza is a dish of Neapolitan origin and cuisine, made with an oven-baked, flat, generally round bread that is often covered with tomatoes or a tomato-based sauce and mozzarell ...
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International chains

* 85°C Bakery Cafe *
A&W Restaurants A&W Restaurants is an American fast food restaurant chain distinguished by its Hamburger, burgers, draft root beer and root beer floats. Being the oldest restaurant chain in America, A&W's origins date back to 1919 when Roy W. Allen set up a r ...
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Adyar Ananda Bhavan Adyar Ananda Bhavan (also known as AAB) is a chain of vegetarian restaurants and confectioners founded in Rajapalayam and headquartered in Adyar, Chennai, India. It is the oldest such chain in Chennai and has 145+ outlets across India. Over t ...
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Arby's Arby's is an American fast food sandwich restaurant chain with more than 3,300 restaurants system wide and third in terms of revenue. In October 2017, ''Food & Wine'' called Arby's "America's second largest sandwich chain (after Subway)". Arby ...
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Auntie Anne's Auntie Anne's is an American franchised chain of pretzel shops founded by Anne F. Beiler and her husband, Jonas, in 1988. Auntie Anne's serves products such as pretzels, dips, and beverages. They also offer Pretzels & More Homemade Baking Mix fo ...
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Big Boy Restaurants Big Boy Restaurant Group, LLC is an American restaurant chain store, chain headquartered in Warren, Michigan, Warren, Michigan. Frisch's Big Boy Restaurants is a restaurant chain with its headquarters in Cincinnati, Ohio. The Big Boy name, desi ...
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Blaze Pizza Blaze Pizza is a Pasadena, California-based fast-casual dining restaurant chain that serves pizza. Founded in 2011 by Elise and Rick Wetzel of Wetzel's Pretzels, Blaze Pizza was modeled after Chipotle's made-to-order approach to serving custom ...
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Buffalo Wild Wings Buffalo Wild Wings (originally Buffalo Wild Wings & Weck, hence the nickname BDubs, or BW3) is an American casual dining restaurant and sports bar franchise in the United States, Canada, India, Mexico, Panama, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, a ...
* Burger King *
California Pizza Kitchen California Pizza Kitchen (CPK) is an American casual dining restaurant chain that specializes in California-style pizza. The restaurant was started in 1985 by attorneys Rick Rosenfield and Larry Flax in Beverly Hills, California, United States ...
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Carl's Jr. Carl's Jr. Restaurants LLC is an American fast food restaurant chain operated by CKE Restaurant Holdings, Inc., with franchisees in North & South America, Asia, Oceania, Europe and Africa. In 2016, ''Entrepreneur'' listed Carl's Jr. as No. 54 ...
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Chipotle Mexican Grill Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. (, ), often known simply as Chipotle, is an American chain of fast casual restaurants specializing in bowls, tacos and Mission burritos made to order in front of the customer. Chipotle operates restaurants in the Uni ...
* Church's Chicken * Cinnabon *
Dairy Queen Dairy Queen (DQ) is an American chain of soft serve ice cream and fast food restaurants owned by International Dairy Queen, Inc. (a subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway since 1998) which also owns Orange Julius, and formerly owned Karmelkorn and ...
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Domino's Pizza Domino's Pizza, Inc., trading as Domino's, is an American multinational pizza restaurant chain founded in 1960 and led by CEO Russell Weiner. The corporation is Delaware domiciled and headquartered at the Domino's Farms Office Park in Ann Arbor ...
* Dunkin' Donuts *
Five Guys Five Guys Enterprises LLC (doing business as both Five Guys Burgers and Fries, and simply Five Guys) is an American fast food restaurant chain focused on hamburgers, hot dogs, and french fries, and headquartered in Lorton, Virginia, part of ...
* Hardee's *
Jollibee Jollibee is a Filipino chain of fast food restaurants owned by Jollibee Foods Corporation (JFC). As of December 2021, JFC had a total of about 1,500 Jollibee outlets worldwide, with restaurants in Southeast Asia, the Middle East, East Asia ...
* KFC *
Little Caesars Little Caesar Enterprises Inc. (doing business as Little Caesars) is an American multi-national pizza chain. Based on 2020 statistics, Little Caesars is the third-largest pizza chain by total sales in the United States, behind Pizza Hut and ...
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Long John Silver's Long John Silver's (formerly known as Long John Silver's Seafood Shoppes and sometimes abbreviated as LJS) is an American chain of fast-food restaurants that specializes in seafood. The brand's name is derived from the novel ''Treasure Island ...
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Marco's Pizza Marco's Pizza, operated by Marco's Franchising, LLC, is an American restaurant chain and interstate franchise based in Toledo, Ohio, that specializes in Italian-American cuisine. The first store was opened in Oregon, Ohio on Starr Avenue. It was ...
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McDonald's McDonald's Corporation is an American multinational fast food chain, founded in 1940 as a restaurant operated by Richard and Maurice McDonald, in San Bernardino, California, United States. They rechristened their business as a hambur ...
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Panda Express Panda Express is an American fast food restaurant chain that serves American Chinese cuisine. With over 2,200 locations, it is the largest Asian-segment restaurant chain in the United States, where it was founded, and is mainly located in North ...
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Papa John's Pizza Papa John's International, Inc., d/b/a Papa Johns, is an American pizza restaurant chain. It is the fourth largest pizza delivery restaurant chain in the United States, with headquarters in Louisville, Kentucky and Atlanta, Georgia metropolit ...
* Peter Piper Pizza *
The Pizza Company The Pizza Company ( th, เดอะ พิซซ่า คอมปะนี) is a restaurant chain and international franchise based in Bangkok, Thailand. With focus on pizza and Italian-American cuisine, it is a wholly owned subsidiary of ...
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Pizza Hut Pizza Hut is an American multinational restaurant chain and international franchise founded in 1958 in Wichita, Kansas by Dan and Frank Carney. They serve their signature pan pizza and other dishes including pasta, breadsticks and dessert a ...
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Pizza Inn Pizza Inn is a Dallas-based restaurant chain and international food franchise, specializing in American-style pan pizza, pasta, and side dishes. The company is based in the Dallas suburb of The Colony, Texas. At its peak, Pizza Inn had over 50 ...
* Pollo Campero * Pollo Tropical *
Popeyes Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen, Inc., also known as Popeyes and formerly named Popeyes Chicken & Biscuits and Popeyes Famous Fried Chicken & Biscuits, is an American multinational chain of fried chicken fast food restaurants that was formed in 1972 ...
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Quiznos Quiz Holdings, LLC, doing business as Quiznos, is an American franchised fast-food restaurant based in Denver, Colorado, that specializes in offering toasted submarine sandwiches. It was founded in 1981 by Jimmy Lambatos and sold to Rick and R ...
* Qdoba *
Red Lobster Red Lobster Hospitality LLC is an American casual dining restaurant chain headquartered in Orlando, Florida. The company has operations across most of the United States (including Puerto Rico, Guam) and Canada, as well as in China, Ecuador, Ho ...
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Red Robin Red Robin Gourmet Burgers, Inc., more commonly known as Red Robin Gourmet Burgers and Brews or simply Red Robin, is an American chain of casual dining restaurants founded in September 1969 in Seattle, Washington. In 1979, the first franchised ...
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Sbarro Sbarro, LLC is an American pizzeria chain that specializes in New York-style pizza sold by the slice and other Italian-American cuisine. In 2011, the company was ranked 15th in foreign sales among U.S.-based quick-serve and fast-casual comp ...
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Shake Shack Shake Shack is an American fast casual restaurant chain based in New York City. It started out as a hot dog cart inside Madison Square Park in 2001, and its popularity steadily grew. In 2004, it received a permit to open a permanent kiosk with ...
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Smoothie King Smoothie King Franchises Inc. (doing business as Smoothie King) is an American privately held smoothie company. Founded in 1973, the company was bought by a South Korean franchisee in 2012. In the late 2010s, the company was focusing on whole ...
* Starbucks * Subway * Sweet Frog *
Taco Bell Taco Bell is an American-based chain of fast food restaurants founded in 1962 by Glen Bell (1923–2010) in Downey, California. Taco Bell is a subsidiary of Yum! Brands, Inc. The restaurants serve a variety of Mexican-inspired foods, includin ...
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TCBY TCBY (The Country's Best Yogurt) is an American chain of frozen yogurt stores. It is one of the largest U.S. retailers of soft-serve frozen yogurt. History In 1981, Frank D. Hickingbotham opened the first TCBY in Little Rock, Arkansas. TCBY ...
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Tim Hortons Tim Hortons Inc., commonly nicknamed Tim's, or Timmie's is a Canadian multinational coffeehouse and restaurant chain. Based in Toronto, Tim Hortons serves coffee, doughnuts, and other fast-food items. It is Canada's largest quick-service res ...
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Wendy's Wendy's is an American international fast food restaurant chain founded by Dave Thomas (1932–2002) on November 15, 1969, in Columbus, Ohio. Its headquarters moved to Dublin, Ohio, on January 29, 2006. As of December 31, 2018, Wendy's was t ...
* White Castle *
Wingstop Wingstop Inc. is an American multinational chain of aviation-themed restaurants specializing in chicken wings. Wingstop locations follow a 1930s and 1940s pre-jet aviation theme. The restaurant chain was founded in 1994 in Garland, Texas ...
* WingStreet


Companies by country/region of origin


Africa


Egypt

* Cook Door *
Mo'men Mo'men ( ar, مؤمن  , literally means " Believer") is a chain of fast food restaurants based in Cairo, Egypt, specializing in sandwiches. Mo'men is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Mo'men Group. History The Mo’men Brothers opened their f ...


Nigeria

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Mr Bigg's Mr Bigg's is one of Nigeria's fast food restaurants. Owned by Nigerian conglomerate United African Company of Nigeria PLC, there are currently around 170 locations in Nigeria, including the country's first drive-through restaurant, with another f ...
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Tantalizers Tantalizers is a leading Nigerian fast food restaurant chain. It opened its first location around 1997 in Festac Town, Lagos. This first location was initially a small neighborhood restaurant serving hamburgers. Success at this first location led ...
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Tastee Fried Chicken Tastee Fried Chicken (also known as ''TFC'' or ''De Tastee Fried Chicken Nigeria LTD'') is a fast food fried chicken restaurant based in Victoria Island, Lagos, Nigeria. It has 14 locations. History Tastee Fried Chicken was founded by Olayinka ...
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Kilimanjaro Mount Kilimanjaro () is a dormant volcano in Tanzania. It has three volcanic cones: Kibo, Mawenzi, and Shira. It is the highest mountain in Africa and the highest free-standing mountain above sea level in the world: above sea level and a ...
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Chicken Republic Chicken Republic is a Nigerian fast-food chain and franchise that specializes in chicken recipes, especially fried chicken. It was founded by Deji Akinyanju, and the first restaurant was established in Apapa, Lagos in 2004. Overview Chicken Rep ...


South Africa

* Chicken Licken *
Nando's Nando's (; ) is a South African multinational fast casual chain that specialises in flame-grilled peri-peri style chicken. Founded in Johannesburg in 1987, Nando's operates over 1,200 outlets in 30 countries. Their logo (also seen as a sort of ...
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Steers Steers is one of South Africa's most recognizable quick-service restaurant brands. The company is well known for serving burgers and chips. Other menu items include chicken burgers, ribs as well as ice cream and milkshakes, among other things. ...
* Wimpy (restaurant)


Asia


China

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Dicos Dicos (stylized as dico͘s, ) is a Chinese fast-food restaurant chain owned by the Tianjin Ding Qiao Food Service. The chain ranks third among China's top three fast-food enterprises, as it has almost as many restaurants as McDonald's. The chain ...
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East Dawning East Dawning (, Dongfang Jibai) is Yum China's fusion of the KFC business model with Chinese cuisine. Chinese food is served exclusively, but the chain focuses on the elements of Chinese cuisine that are more quickly and easily prepared. This e ...
* Mr. Lee *
Kungfu Chinese martial arts, often called by the umbrella terms kung fu (; ), kuoshu () or wushu (), are multiple fighting styles that have developed over the centuries in Greater China. These fighting styles are often classified according to common ...
* Da Niang Dumpling * Xiabu Xiabu *
Goubuli Goubuli, also sometimes transcribed as Go Believe (), is a brand of stuffed baozi from Tianjin, China. Founded in 1858, it is one of China's longest established brands. Each Goubuli bun has eighteen wrinkles. Etymology There are many explanatio ...


Hong Kong

* Cafe de Coral * Fairwood * Maxim MX


India

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Adyar Anandha Bhavan Adyar Ananda Bhavan (also known as AAB) is a chain of Vegetarianism, vegetarian restaurants and Confectionery store, confectioners founded in Rajapalayam and headquartered in Adyar (Chennai), Adyar, Chennai, India. It is the oldest such chain i ...
* Amul Restaurants *
Bikanervala Bikanervala is an Indian restaurant chain headquartered in Delhi, that specializes in Indian sweets, snacks. Founded 115 years ago as a sweets and namkeen shop called Lalji in Bikaner, Rajasthan. It was established in Delhi almost seven deca ...
* Burgs * Cafe Coffee Day * Darshini *
Goli Vada Pav Goli Vada Pav is an Indian fast food restaurant chain originated from Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. It was founded in 2004 as a vada pav restaurant by Venkatesh Iyer. It currently operates in over 100 cities with over 300 stores. History Gol ...
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Haldiram's Haldiram's is an Indian multinational sweets, snacks and restaurant company headquartered in Nagpur. The company has manufacturing plants in a wide variety of locations such as Nagpur, New Delhi, Gurgaon, Hooghly, Rudrapur and Noida. Haldir ...
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Jumbo King Jumbo King is a chain of fast food restaurants based primarily in Mumbai, Maharashtra specialising in the Maharashtrian regional dish vada pav (''though later sold as vegetarian burgers''). Established in 2001 by husband and wife Dheeraj and Ree ...
* KaatiZone *
Karachi Bakery Karachi Bakery is a chain of Indian retail bakeries. It was established in Hyderabad, India, Hyderabad in 1953, with the opening of its first bakery in Moazzam Jahi Market. It bakes fruit biscuits, Hyderabadi cuisine#Snacks, Dil Kush and plum ca ...
* Nirula's * Saravana Bhavan * Smokin' Joe's *
Vadilal Vadilal Industries Ltd is an Indian ice cream and flavoured milk manufacturer founded in 1907. History Vadilal Gandhi started a soda fountain in 1907. Initially he used to make ice cream in a kothi to churn milk with other ingredients, with ...
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Wow! Momo Wow! Momo is an Indian chain of fast food restaurants headquartered in Kolkata. The chain specializes in momos, momo-filled burgers (MoBurgs) and momo-based desserts. It was established in 2008 by St. Xavier's College alumni Sagar Daryani and ...


Indonesia

* CFC *
Es Teler 77 Es Teler 77 is a fast food chain established in Jakarta, Indonesia, in 1982. The name is a reference to a popular Indonesian dessert drink, es teler. It sells Indonesian foods, such as bakso, in addition to es teler. The company has more than 200 ...
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Geprek Bensu Geprek Bensu is an Indonesia-based fast food restaurant chain primarily serving ayam geprek. As of December 2018, the chain had 110 franchises in Indonesia, employing an estimated 3,500 people. The chain also operates in Hong Kong and Malaysia, ...
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HokBen PT Eka Bogainti, doing business as HokBen (formerly known as Hoka Hoka Bento), is a Japanese fast food chain of restaurants headquartered in Jakarta, Indonesia. The chain of restaurants today span across Java, Bali and Sumatra. The name ''H ...
* J.CO Donuts & Coffee *
Kebab Turki Baba Rafi PT Baba Rafi Indonesia, d/b/a Kebab Turki Baba Rafi (abbreviated as KTBR) is the world's largest chain of kebab shops, which operates more than 1,300 outlets in Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Bangladesh. Headquartered in Indonesia, th ...
* Klenger Burger * Restoran Sederhana


Israel

* Burgeranch


Japan

* Ajisen Ramen *
First Kitchen is a Japanese fast food restaurant chain operated by First Kitchen Co., Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Wendy's International. Prior to June 2016, it was a subsidiary of Suntory Holdings. Its first shop opened in Ikebukuro, Tokyo in Septembe ...
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Freshness Burger Freshness Burger, often referred to simply as Freshness, is a chain fast food restaurant in Japan. Freshness Burger was established under American Creation Co., Ltd, which was founded in June of 1981. The first Freshness Burger restaurant open ...
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Hokka Hokka Tei is a bento take-out chain with over 2,000 franchises and company-owned branches throughout Japan. It offers a variety of dishes, generally over rice, at relatively low price. Unlike competitors such as Yoshinoya beef-bowl and the various cheap ...
* Hotto Motto *
Ichibanya is a Japanese food services company based in Ichinomiya, Aichi. CoCo ICHIBANYA chain ICHIBANYA Co., Ltd. owns the top curry rice restaurant chain in Japan, Curry House CoCo ICHIBANYA or usually just CoCo ICHIBAN or CoCo ICHI. The chain own ...
* Italian Tomato * Kura *
Lotteria is a Japanese company that operates a chain of fast food restaurants in East Asia, having opened its first restaurant in Tokyo in September 1972. Taking its name from its parent company, Lotte Corporation, it currently has franchises in Jap ...
* Marugame Seimen * Matsuya Foods Co. *
MOS Burger , doing business as (which stands for "Mountain Ocean Sun"), is an international fast-food restaurant chain (fast-casual) from Japan. Its headquarters are in the ThinkPark Tower in Ōsaki, Shinagawa, Tokyo. At one time its headquarters wer ...
* Pepper Lunch *
Sukiya Sukiya may refer to: * Sukiya-zukuri, traditional Japanese interior * a synonym for chashitsu, a Japanese tea room * Sukiya (restaurant chain) {{disambig ...
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Yoshinoya is a Japanese multinational fast food chain, and the second-largest chain of '' gyūdon'' (beef bowl) restaurants. The chain was established in Japan in 1899. Its motto is "Tasty, low-priced, and quick". Etymology and logo The kanji 吉 (''yo ...


Malaysia

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The Chicken Rice Shop The Chicken Rice Shop is a Halal Malaysian family restaurant chain established in June 2000 that specializes in traditional Hainanese chicken. Locations To date, there are more than 100 outlets in Peninsular Malaysia and East Malaysia (exclud ...
* Kuai Lee Gee ''Happy Chicken'' *
Marrybrown Marrybrown Sdn Bhd ( doing business as Marrybrown) is a Malaysian-owned multinational chain of quick service restaurants originated in Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia. Being one of the largest global halal fast food-establishments, the chain ha ...
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Pelita Nasi Kandar The Pelita Nasi Kandar (Malay language, Malay: Nasi Kandar Pelita; ta, பெலிடா நசீ கண்டார்) is the largest nasi kandar restaurant chain in Malaysia. Its main headquarters is in Taman Chai Leng, Perai, Penang. The ...
* Rotiboy *
Sate Kajang Haji Samuri Sate Kajang Haji Samuri is a Satay, Sate Kajang fast-food restaurant chain in Malaysia.Secret Recipe (restaurant) * SCR


Mongolia

Ramesen itsukyutrite


Philippines

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Chowking Chowking () is a Chinese cuisine fast food restaurant selling mostly noodle soups, dim sum and rice bowls. Its headquarters in the Philippines. After Jollibee Foods Corporation (JFC) acquired Chowking in 2000, the brand was placed under F ...
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Goldilocks Bakeshop Goldilocks Bakeshop is a bakery chain based in the Philippines, which produces and distributes Philippine cakes and pastries. History On May 15, 1966, Filipino-Chinese sisters, Milagros Leelin Yee and Clarita Leelin Go, and their sister-in-l ...
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Jollibee Jollibee is a Filipino chain of fast food restaurants owned by Jollibee Foods Corporation (JFC). As of December 2021, JFC had a total of about 1,500 Jollibee outlets worldwide, with restaurants in Southeast Asia, the Middle East, East Asia ...
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Mang Inasal Mang Inasal Philippines, Inc., also known as Mang Inasal, ( Hiligaynon for "Mr. Barbecue") is a barbecue fast food restaurant chain in the Philippines, established in Iloilo City in 2003. History The company was started by Edgar Sia, Edgar "I ...
* Max's of Manila *
Nacho King! Nacho King! (corporate name Emyth, Inc.) is the largest Tex-Mex food manufacturer in the Philippines. It operates kiosk and food cart franchises in many marketplaces and malls in the major cities of the Philippines. Nacho King is the largest an ...
* Red Ribbon *
Tokyo Tokyo (Romanization: Tōkyō Tōkyō) is a Filipino restaurant chain specializing in Japanese cuisine. History The first Tokyo Tokyo restaurant opened on April 22, 1985 at the Quad Carpark (later Park Square 1) in Makati and at the time was the fi ...


Saudi Arabia

* Shawarmer * Al Baik * Al Tazaj * Herfy *
Kudu The kudus are two species of antelope of the genus '' Tragelaphus'': * Lesser kudu, ''Tragelaphus imberbis'', of eastern Africa * Greater kudu, ''Tragelaphus strepsiceros'', of eastern and southern Africa The two species look similar, th ...


Singapore

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Old Chang Kee Old Chang Kee Ltd. is a Singaporean multinational snack, food and beverage chain. It specialises in curry puffs and other local snacks. Headquartered in Woodlands, Singapore, it is listed on the Singapore Exchange. History Old Chang Kee start ...
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Sakae Sushi Sakae Sushi (Kanji: 栄寿司) is a restaurant chain based in Singapore serving Japanese cuisine, and is the flagship brand of Sakae Holdings Ltd. Aimed at the low to mid-level pricing market, it offers sushi, sashimi, teppanyaki, yakimono, na ...


South Korea

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Lotteria is a Japanese company that operates a chain of fast food restaurants in East Asia, having opened its first restaurant in Tokyo in September 1972. Taking its name from its parent company, Lotte Corporation, it currently has franchises in Jap ...
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Paris Baguette Paris Baguette is a South Korean multinational chain of bakery-cafés, owned by the SPC Group and headquartered in Seoul. In 1986, it was established as a subsidiary of Shani Co., Ltd., and opened the first 'Paris Baguette' in Gwanghwamun, Seoul, ...
* Caffe Bene *
Tom N Toms Coffee Tom N Toms Coffee (탐앤탐스) is a coffeehouse chain based in South Korea. It first opened in the Apgujeong-dong District of Seoul and now has over 400 branches in 9 different countries worldwide. It is also among the top 3 coffee brands in S ...
* Angel-in-us *
A Twosome Place A Twosome Place (), is a coffeehouse chain based in South Korea and was owned by the CJ Foodville of CJ Group until 2020. It is now owned by Anchor Food Group that bought the remaining shares from CJ in 2020. As of 2014, the coffee chain had ov ...
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KyoChon Kyochon F&B Co., Ltd. () is a South Korean fried-chicken restaurant chain. Founded in 1991, Kyochon is one of the largest Korean fried-chicken restaurants in South Korea. Kyochon operates some restaurants in the United States as well. Kyochon h ...
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Bonchon Chicken Bonchon Chicken () is a Dallas-based South Korean international fried chicken restaurant franchise. According to the company, Bonchon is a Korean word meaning "My Hometown". History The Bonchon Chicken restaurant began in 2002 in Busan, South ...
* Mom's Touch *
Mr. Pizza Mr. Pizza Inc. (Korean: 미스터피자) is a South Korean pizza chain established in 1990. It is the top pizza brand in Korea in terms of the number of franchisees and sales. Mr. Pizza has won recognition overseas. In 2009, 2010 and 2011 Chin ...


Taiwan

* 85C Bakery Cafe * TKK Fried Chicken


Thailand

* Café Amazon *
The Pizza Company The Pizza Company ( th, เดอะ พิซซ่า คอมปะนี) is a restaurant chain and international franchise based in Bangkok, Thailand. With focus on pizza and Italian-American cuisine, it is a wholly owned subsidiary of ...


United Arab Emirates

* Al Farooj Fresh * ChicKing


Europe


Belgium

* Quick


Finland

* Hesburger * Rolls


France

* Brioche Dorée *
Flunch Flunch is a French cafeteria-style fast casual restaurant chain owned by the Agapes Restauration group which belongs to Association Familiale Mulliez group. It operates over 160 locations in France and also 6 in Italy. Flunch restaurants are opera ...
* O'Tacos


Germany

* Ditsch * Kochlöffel *
Nordsee NORDSEE is a German fast-food restaurant chain specialising in seafood. In addition to selling raw and smoked seafood, the company also sells a wide variety of meals and products prepared from seafood such as Fischbrötchen (fish sandwiches ...
* Wienerwald


Greece

* Goody's


Iceland

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Metro Metro, short for metropolitan, may refer to: Geography * Metro (city), a city in Indonesia * A metropolitan area, the populated region including and surrounding an urban center Public transport * Rapid transit, a passenger railway in an urb ...


Ireland

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Abrakebabra Abrakebabra is an Irish fast-food restaurant chain established in Dublin, Ireland in 1982. When the first Abrakebabra restaurant was opened in Rathmines in Dublin it attracted huge attention catering to late-night crowds with a fresh menu tha ...
* Apache Pizza *
Eddie Rocket's Eddie Rocket's is an Irish restaurant chain, with its headquarters in Dublin. It offers American-style food in 1950s' style diners (similar to the Johnny Rockets diner restaurants in the United States). It is owned by Rocket Restaurants Limited. ...
* Four Star Pizza * O'Briens Irish Sandwich Bars *
Supermac's Supermac's is an Irish fast food restaurant chain first opened in 1978. The first restaurant was located in Ballinasloe, County Galway, in the West of Ireland. As of 2019, the chain consists of a total of 118 restaurants spread throughout Irela ...


Italy

* Spizzico


Netherlands

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FEBO FEBO () is a chain of Dutch walk-up fast food restaurants of the automat type. Founded in 1941 in Amsterdam, Netherlands, FEBO is most notable for this automatic format: a counter is available for purchasing French fries, beverages, and hamburge ...


Norway

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Big Bite Submarines Big Bite Submarines is a Norwegian fast food franchise focusing on fresh subs, wraps and salads. The first restaurant was opened in 1997 at City Syd in Trondheim. The stores are typically located in shopping malls A shopping mall (or simply ma ...
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Peppes Pizza Peppes Pizza is a Norwegian pizza chain that serves American style. Peppes Pizza is the largest pizza restaurant chain in Scandinavia with close to 90 departments. The restaurant chain was founded in 1970 by the american, Louis Jordan and his n ...


Russia

* Teremok *
Dodo Pizza Dodo Pizza is a worldwide pizza delivery franchise founded in 2011 by Fyodor Ovchinnikov. The corporation was founded in Syktyvkar, Russia. Its headquarters are also in Syktyvkar, as well as in Moscow. As of February 2021, the company has 570 pi ...
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Vkusno i tochka Vkusno i tochka (russian: Вку́сно — и то́чка, ), ) is a Russian fast food chain based in former McDonald's restaurants, with a menu that largely consists of rebranded McDonald's items. McDonald's closed their Russian stores in ...


Spain

* Cervecería 100 Montaditos * Rodilla


Sweden

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Max Hamburgers Max Burgers Aktiebolag (Max Burgers Incorporated), earlier ''Max Hamburgerrestauranger AB'', is a Swedish fast food corporation. History The chain was founded by Curt Bergfors (27 February 1949 - 8 May 2022) and Britta Fredriksson in Gälli ...
* Frasses * Sibylla


United Kingdom

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Barburrito Barburrito is a British chain of Mexican style fast food restaurants, focusing primarily on burritos. As of , the chain operates twenty one stores across eleven towns and cities in the United Kingdom, growing from 14 stores across eight towns and ...
* Benjys * Ben's Cookies * Chicken Cottage * Dixy Chicken * Eat * Franco Manca *
Greggs Greggs plc is a British bakery chain. It specialises in savoury products such as bakes, sausage rolls, sandwiches and sweet items including doughnuts and vanilla slices. It is headquartered in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. It is listed on ...
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Harry Ramsden's Harry Ramsden's is a fast food restaurant chain based in the United Kingdom which offers fish and chips and assorted themed dishes. The business has 35 owned and franchised outlets throughout the UK and Ireland. Harry Ramsden's website claims ...
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itsu Itsu is a British chain of East Asian-inspired fast food shops and restaurants and a grocery company.Moules, Jonathan"Itsu founder nurtures a new generation" '' Financial Times'', London, 21 January 2014. Retrieved on 21 January 2014. The chain ...
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Leon Leon, Léon (French) or León (Spanish) may refer to: Places Europe * León, Spain, capital city of the Province of León * Province of León, Spain * Kingdom of León, an independent state in the Iberian Peninsula from 910 to 1230 and again f ...
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Little Chef Little Chef was a chain of restaurants in the United Kingdom, founded in 1958 by entrepreneur Sam Alper, who was inspired by American diners. The chain was famous for the "Olympic Breakfast" – its version of a full English – as well as it ...
* Millie's Cookies * Morley's *
Pret a Manger Pret A Manger (''prêt à manger'' is French for ''ready to eat'') is an international sandwich shop franchise chain based in the United Kingdom, popularly referred to as Pret, founded in 1983. As of December 2022, Pret had 434 shops in the UK, ...
* Sam's Chicken * Southern Fried Chicken * Spudulike *
Tortilla A tortilla (, ) is a thin, circular unleavened flatbread originally made from maize hominy meal, and now also from wheat flour. The Aztecs and other Nahuatl speakers called tortillas ''tlaxcalli'' (). First made by the indigenous peoples of M ...
* Upper Crust *
Wasabi Wasabi ( Japanese: , , or , ; ''Eutrema japonicum'' or ''Wasabia japonica'') or Japanese horseradish is a plant of the family Brassicaceae, which also includes horseradish and mustard in other genera. The plant is native to Japan and the Russi ...
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West Cornwall Pasty Company West Cornwall Pasty Company (styled as West Cornwall Pasty Co.) is a fast food chain in the United Kingdom specialising in making and selling pasties. The company was established in 1998 and has been owned by Mark and David Samworth since 20 ...
* Wimpy *
YO! Sushi YO! Sushi is a company that owns, operates, and franchises conveyor belt sushi restaurants, principally in the United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland, Russia, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Kuwait and Australia. History YO! ...


North America


Barbados

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Chefette Chefette Restaurants is the largest fast food restaurant chain based in the Caribbean island nation of Barbados. Currently operating throughout the island in 14 locations, Chefette is known for its broasted chicken meals as well as a local c ...


Canada

* A&W *
Booster Juice Booster Juice Inc. is a Canadian chain of juice and smoothie bars founded in 1999. The chain specializes in smoothies made of pure juice, fruit sorbet or vanilla frozen yogurt, frozen fruit, fresh yogurt and ice. Founded in Sherwood Park, A ...
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Burger Baron The Burger Baron name is used by several fast-food restaurants in western Canada. History Founded in 1957 in either Calgary or Lethbridge, Alberta (the location and ownership of the first site is disputed), Burger Baron was the first drive-in ...
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Captain Submarine Captain is a title, an appellative for the commanding officer of a military unit; the supreme leader of a navy ship, merchant ship, aeroplane, spacecraft, or other vessel; or the commander of a port, fire or police department, election precinct, e ...
* Chez Ashton * Coffee Time *
Country Style Country Style Food Services, Inc., formerly Country Style Donuts, is a fast/casual chain of coffee shops operating primarily in the Canadian province of Ontario (where it ranks second among coffee chains), which serves oatmeal, soup, sandwiches, ...
* Extreme Pita *
Freshii Freshii is a Canadian fast casual restaurant franchise that serves burritos, wraps, soups, salads, and frozen yogurt. It was founded in 2005 by former CEO Matthew Corrin, and has since expanded to over 100 locations in countries including Canada ...
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Fryer's Fryer's is an international fast-food chain focused on hamburgers, fried chicken, French fries, and milkshakes. Its headquarters is in the Richmond, British Columbia area, and is currently owned and operated by Fryer's International, Inc. Esta ...
* Harvey's *
Hero Certified Burgers Hero Certified Burgers is a Canadian restaurant chain franchise that sells hamburgers and other quick service restaurant fare. It is based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and was founded in 2004. It had almost 60 locations as of March 2017, and ope ...
* King of Donair * La Belle Province * Lafleur Restaurants * Mary Brown's *
Mr. Sub Mr. Sub (stylized MR.SUB), originally called Mr. Submarine before the 1990s, is a Canadian chain of over 200 submarine sandwich shops. The first store was opened in 1968 in Toronto's Yorkville neighbourhood, which was then known for its "hip ...
* New York Fries * Pita Pit *
Pizza Pizza Pizza Pizza Ltd. is a franchised Canadian pizza quick-service restaurant with its headquarters in Toronto, Ontario. Its restaurants are mainly in the province of Ontario while others are located in Quebec, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and west ...
* Robin's Donuts *
Tim Hortons Tim Hortons Inc., commonly nicknamed Tim's, or Timmie's is a Canadian multinational coffeehouse and restaurant chain. Based in Toronto, Tim Hortons serves coffee, doughnuts, and other fast-food items. It is Canada's largest quick-service res ...
* Valentine *
White Spot White Spot is a Canadian restaurant chain based in Vancouver, British Columbia, best known for its hamburgers, Pirate Pak children's meal, triple-o sauce, and milkshakes. Along with its related Triple-O's quick service brand, the chain operates ...
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Yogen Früz Yogen Früz is a Canadian chain of frozen yogurt and smoothie stores that also serves healthy alternative food products. The chain is run through company-owned, franchised, and non-traditional partnerships. The chain operates worldwide and has b ...


Guatemala

* Pollo Campero


Mexico

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El Pollo Loco El Pollo Loco (Spanish for "The Crazy Chicken") is the name of two independent restaurant chains that specialize in Mexican-style grilled chicken. Both were founded by Juan Francisco Ochoa. He established the first El Pollo Loco restaurant in Gu ...


Trinidad and Tobago

* Mario's Pizzeria * Royal Castle


United States

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A&W Restaurants A&W Restaurants is an American fast food restaurant chain distinguished by its Hamburger, burgers, draft root beer and root beer floats. Being the oldest restaurant chain in America, A&W's origins date back to 1919 when Roy W. Allen set up a r ...
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Applebee's Applebee's Restaurants LLC. is an American company that develops, franchises, and operates the Applebee's Neighborhood Grill + Bar restaurant chain. The Applebee's concept focuses on casual dining, with mainstream American dishes such as salads ...
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Arby's Arby's is an American fast food sandwich restaurant chain with more than 3,300 restaurants system wide and third in terms of revenue. In October 2017, ''Food & Wine'' called Arby's "America's second largest sandwich chain (after Subway)". Arby ...
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Arctic Circle Restaurants Arctic Circle Restaurants is an American chain of burger and shake restaurants based in Midvale, Utah, United States. There were 71 restaurants in seven states as of September 2022 (in Utah, Idaho, Nevada, Arizona, Oregon, Washington, and Wyomin ...
* Arthur Treacher's *
Atlanta Bread Company Atlanta Bread Company is a privately owned American chain of bakery-café fast casual restaurants with 18 locations in 4 states. Its headquarters are in Smyrna, Georgia, a suburb northwest of Atlanta. Offerings include bakery items, pasta, salads, ...
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Au Bon Pain Au Bon Pain (, meaning "at (or 'to') the Good Bread") is an American fast casual restaurant, bakery, and café chain headquartered in Richardson, Texas and operates 175 locations in the United States, and Thailand. The company is currently ow ...
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Auntie Anne's Auntie Anne's is an American franchised chain of pretzel shops founded by Anne F. Beiler and her husband, Jonas, in 1988. Auntie Anne's serves products such as pretzels, dips, and beverages. They also offer Pretzels & More Homemade Baking Mix fo ...
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Baja Fresh Baja Fresh is an American chain of fast-casual Tex Mex restaurants founded in Newbury Park, California in 1990 and headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona and is owned by Canadian franchisor MTY Food Group. The chain emphasizes fresh ingredients, e ...
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Baskin-Robbins Baskin-Robbins is an American multinational chain of ice cream and cake speciality shops owned by Inspire Brands. Based in Canton, Massachusetts, Baskin-Robbins was founded in 1945 by Burt Baskin (1913–1967) and Irv Robbins (1917–2008) in ...
* Blake's Lotaburger * Blimpie *
Bojangles' Famous Chicken 'n Biscuits Bojangles OpCo, LLC., doing business as Bojangles (known as Bojangles' Famous Chicken 'n Biscuits until 2020), is an American regional chain of fast food restaurants that specializes in cajun-seasoned fried chicken and buttermilk biscuits that ...
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Boston Market Boston Market Corporation, known as Boston Chicken until 1995, is an American fast casual restaurant chain headquartered in Golden, Colorado. It is owned by the Rohan Group. Boston Market has its greatest presence in the Northeastern and Midwes ...
* Braum's *
Buffalo Wild Wings Buffalo Wild Wings (originally Buffalo Wild Wings & Weck, hence the nickname BDubs, or BW3) is an American casual dining restaurant and sports bar franchise in the United States, Canada, India, Mexico, Panama, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, a ...
* Burger King * Burger Street *
Burgerville Burgerville (originally Burgerville USA) is a privately held American restaurant chain in Oregon and southwest Washington, owned by The Holland Inc. As the chain's name suggests, Burgerville's sandwich menu consists mostly of hamburgers. As of ...
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California Pizza Kitchen California Pizza Kitchen (CPK) is an American casual dining restaurant chain that specializes in California-style pizza. The restaurant was started in 1985 by attorneys Rick Rosenfield and Larry Flax in Beverly Hills, California, United States ...
* Captain D's Seafood Kitchen *
Carino's Italian Carino's Italian is a United States-based chain of Italian food casual dining restaurants. Headquartered in Austin, Texas, the concept is owned by Fired Up, Inc., which was founded in 1997 by partners and former Brinker International Brinker ...
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Carl's Jr. Carl's Jr. Restaurants LLC is an American fast food restaurant chain operated by CKE Restaurant Holdings, Inc., with franchisees in North & South America, Asia, Oceania, Europe and Africa. In 2016, ''Entrepreneur'' listed Carl's Jr. as No. 54 ...
* Charleys Philly Steaks *
Checkers and Rally's Checkers Drive-In Restaurants, Inc. is a chain of double drive-thru restaurants in the United States. The company operates Checkers and Rally's restaurants in 28 states, and the District of Columbia. They specialize in hamburgers, hot dogs, fren ...
* Cheeburger Cheeburger * Chicken Express * Chick-fil-A *
Chipotle Mexican Grill Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. (, ), often known simply as Chipotle, is an American chain of fast casual restaurants specializing in bowls, tacos and Mission burritos made to order in front of the customer. Chipotle operates restaurants in the Uni ...
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Chuck-A-Rama Chuck-A-Rama is a chain of buffet restaurants based in Salt Lake City, Utah; as of January 2022, the company operates nine restaurants in Utah and two in Idaho. Fare includes American comfort food. Main entrées include meats such as baked and f ...
* Chuck E. Cheese *
Church's Church's is a high-end footwear manufacturer that was founded in 1873, by Thomas Church, in Northampton, England. In 1999 the company came under the control of Italian luxury fashion house Prada in a US$170 million deal. History Between the ...
/ Texas Chicken * Cinnabon *
Coco's Bakery ''Coco's Bakery'' is a subsidiary chain of Shari's Cafe & Pies and casual dining restaurants operating in the western United States. , the chain operates 16 restaurants in Arizona and California. It began as The Snack Shop in 1948 in Corona del ...
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Cold Stone Creamery Cold Stone Creamery is an American international ice cream parlor chain. Headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona, the company is owned and operated by Kahala Brands. The company's main product is premium ice cream made with approximately 12–14% bu ...
* Cook Out *
Corner Bakery Cafe Corner Bakery Cafe (CBC Restaurant Corporation) is an American chain of cafes that specialize in pastries, breads, breakfast dishes, gourmet sandwiches, homemade soups, salads, and pasta. Corner Bakery Cafe is considered to be a part of the fa ...
* Culver's *
Dairy Queen Dairy Queen (DQ) is an American chain of soft serve ice cream and fast food restaurants owned by International Dairy Queen, Inc. (a subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway since 1998) which also owns Orange Julius, and formerly owned Karmelkorn and ...
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Dave's Hot Chicken Dave's Hot Chicken is an American fast casual restaurant chain specializing in Nashville-style hot chicken. Founded in Los Angeles, California with a single restaurant in 2017, the chain has expanded to over 100 locations in 4 countries in 202 ...
* Denny's * Del Taco * DiBella's * Dixie Chili and Deli *
Domino's Pizza Domino's Pizza, Inc., trading as Domino's, is an American multinational pizza restaurant chain founded in 1960 and led by CEO Russell Weiner. The corporation is Delaware domiciled and headquartered at the Domino's Farms Office Park in Ann Arbor ...
* Duchess (restaurant), Duchess * Duck Donuts * Dunkin' Donuts * Eegee's * El Chico (restaurant), El Chico *
El Pollo Loco El Pollo Loco (Spanish for "The Crazy Chicken") is the name of two independent restaurant chains that specialize in Mexican-style grilled chicken. Both were founded by Juan Francisco Ochoa. He established the first El Pollo Loco restaurant in Gu ...
* El Taco Tote * Elevation Burger * Farmer Boys (fast food chain), Farmer Boys * Fatburger * Firehouse Subs * Five Guys, Five Guys Burgers and Fries * Fosters Freeze * Freddy's Frozen Custard & Steakburgers * Gold Star Chili * Golden Chick * Good Times Burgers & Frozen Custard * Green Burrito / Red Burrito * The Habit Burger Grill * The Halal Guys * Hardee's * Huddle House * IHOP * In-N-Out Burger * Jack in the Box * Jack's * Jamba Juice * Jason's Deli * Jersey Mike's Subs * Jimmy John's * Jim's Restaurants * Johnny Rockets * KFC * Kewpee * Krispy Kreme * Krystal (restaurant), Krystal * L&L Hawaiian Barbecue * Ledo Pizza * Lee's Famous Recipe Chicken * Lion's Choice *
Little Caesars Little Caesar Enterprises Inc. (doing business as Little Caesars) is an American multi-national pizza chain. Based on 2020 statistics, Little Caesars is the third-largest pizza chain by total sales in the United States, behind Pizza Hut and ...
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Long John Silver's Long John Silver's (formerly known as Long John Silver's Seafood Shoppes and sometimes abbreviated as LJS) is an American chain of fast-food restaurants that specializes in seafood. The brand's name is derived from the novel ''Treasure Island ...
* Maid-Rite *
Marco's Pizza Marco's Pizza, operated by Marco's Franchising, LLC, is an American restaurant chain and interstate franchise based in Toledo, Ohio, that specializes in Italian-American cuisine. The first store was opened in Oregon, Ohio on Starr Avenue. It was ...
* McAlister's Deli *
McDonald's McDonald's Corporation is an American multinational fast food chain, founded in 1940 as a restaurant operated by Richard and Maurice McDonald, in San Bernardino, California, United States. They rechristened their business as a hambur ...
* Milo's Hamburgers * MOD Pizza * Moe's Southwest Grill * Mooyah * Mrs. Fields * Mrs. Winner's Chicken & Biscuits * MrBeast Burger * Noodles & Company * Panera Bread *
Panda Express Panda Express is an American fast food restaurant chain that serves American Chinese cuisine. With over 2,200 locations, it is the largest Asian-segment restaurant chain in the United States, where it was founded, and is mainly located in North ...
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Papa John's Pizza Papa John's International, Inc., d/b/a Papa Johns, is an American pizza restaurant chain. It is the fourth largest pizza delivery restaurant chain in the United States, with headquarters in Louisville, Kentucky and Atlanta, Georgia metropolit ...
* Papa Murphy's * Penn Station (restaurant), Penn Station East Coast Subs * Pita Pit *
Pizza Hut Pizza Hut is an American multinational restaurant chain and international franchise founded in 1958 in Wichita, Kansas by Dan and Frank Carney. They serve their signature pan pizza and other dishes including pasta, breadsticks and dessert a ...
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Pizza Inn Pizza Inn is a Dallas-based restaurant chain and international food franchise, specializing in American-style pan pizza, pasta, and side dishes. The company is based in the Dallas suburb of The Colony, Texas. At its peak, Pizza Inn had over 50 ...
* Planet Smoothie * Pollo Tropical *
Popeyes Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen, Inc., also known as Popeyes and formerly named Popeyes Chicken & Biscuits and Popeyes Famous Fried Chicken & Biscuits, is an American multinational chain of fried chicken fast food restaurants that was formed in 1972 ...
* Port of Subs * Potbelly Sandwich Works * Qdoba * Quiznos, Quizno's Classic Subs * Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers * Rax (restaurant), Rax *
Red Lobster Red Lobster Hospitality LLC is an American casual dining restaurant chain headquartered in Orlando, Florida. The company has operations across most of the United States (including Puerto Rico, Guam) and Canada, as well as in China, Ecuador, Ho ...
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Red Robin Red Robin Gourmet Burgers, Inc., more commonly known as Red Robin Gourmet Burgers and Brews or simply Red Robin, is an American chain of casual dining restaurants founded in September 1969 in Seattle, Washington. In 1979, the first franchised ...
* Robeks * Roy Rogers Restaurants * Ruby Tuesday (restaurant), Ruby Tuesday * Salad and Go * Saladworks * Sarku Japan *
Sbarro Sbarro, LLC is an American pizzeria chain that specializes in New York-style pizza sold by the slice and other Italian-American cuisine. In 2011, the company was ranked 15th in foreign sales among U.S.-based quick-serve and fast-casual comp ...
* Schlotzsky's * Seattle's Best Coffee *
Shake Shack Shake Shack is an American fast casual restaurant chain based in New York City. It started out as a hot dog cart inside Madison Square Park in 2001, and its popularity steadily grew. In 2004, it received a permit to open a permanent kiosk with ...
* Skyline Chili * Smashburger * Sneaky Pete's * Sonic Drive-In * Spangles (restaurant), Spangles * Starbucks * Steak Escape * Stir Crazy (restaurant), Stir Crazy * Subway * SuperDeluxe (restaurant), SuperDeluxe * Swensen's * Swensons * Taco del Mar *
Taco Bell Taco Bell is an American-based chain of fast food restaurants founded in 1962 by Glen Bell (1923–2010) in Downey, California. Taco Bell is a subsidiary of Yum! Brands, Inc. The restaurants serve a variety of Mexican-inspired foods, includin ...
* Taco Bueno * Taco Cabana * Taco John's * Taco Mayo * Taco Tico * Taco Time *
Tim Hortons Tim Hortons Inc., commonly nicknamed Tim's, or Timmie's is a Canadian multinational coffeehouse and restaurant chain. Based in Toronto, Tim Hortons serves coffee, doughnuts, and other fast-food items. It is Canada's largest quick-service res ...
* Tudor's Biscuit World * Twin Peaks (restaurant chain), Twin Peaks * Umami Burger *
Wendy's Wendy's is an American international fast food restaurant chain founded by Dave Thomas (1932–2002) on November 15, 1969, in Columbus, Ohio. Its headquarters moved to Dublin, Ohio, on January 29, 2006. As of December 31, 2018, Wendy's was t ...
* Wetzel's Pretzels * Whataburger * White Castle * Wienerschnitzel *
Wingstop Wingstop Inc. is an American multinational chain of aviation-themed restaurants specializing in chicken wings. Wingstop locations follow a 1930s and 1940s pre-jet aviation theme. The restaurant chain was founded in 1994 in Garland, Texas ...
* Zaxby's * Zip's Drive-in * Zippy's


= Puerto Rico

= * Martin's BBQ * El Meson Sandwiches * Taco Maker


Oceania


Australia

* Boost Juice * Chicken Treat * Donut King * Eagle Boys * Hungry Jack's ( Burger King) * La Porchetta, La Porchetta Pronto * Michel's Patisserie * Noodle Box * Oporto (restaurant), Oporto * Pancake Parlour * Red Rooster * Sumo Salad * Zambrero


New Zealand

* Burger Fuel * Georgie Pie * Hell Pizza


Papua New Guinea

*Big Rooster


South America


Argentina

* California Burrito Co. * Mostaza


Brazil

* Bob's * Giraffas * Habib's * Koni Store * Mini Kalzone * Rei do Mate * Spoleto (restaurant), Spoleto


Colombia

* Hamburguesas El Corral * Pollos Frisby


Peru

* Bembos


Venezuela

* Churromania


Parent companies

* CKE Restaurants owns
Carl's Jr. Carl's Jr. Restaurants LLC is an American fast food restaurant chain operated by CKE Restaurant Holdings, Inc., with franchisees in North & South America, Asia, Oceania, Europe and Africa. In 2016, ''Entrepreneur'' listed Carl's Jr. as No. 54 ...
/ Green Burrito, and Hardee's / Red Burrito dual-branded chains. * Dunkin' Brands (Defunct 2020) owns Dunkin' Donuts and
Baskin-Robbins Baskin-Robbins is an American multinational chain of ice cream and cake speciality shops owned by Inspire Brands. Based in Canton, Massachusetts, Baskin-Robbins was founded in 1945 by Burt Baskin (1913–1967) and Irv Robbins (1917–2008) in ...
. * Focus Brands owns
Auntie Anne's Auntie Anne's is an American franchised chain of pretzel shops founded by Anne F. Beiler and her husband, Jonas, in 1988. Auntie Anne's serves products such as pretzels, dips, and beverages. They also offer Pretzels & More Homemade Baking Mix fo ...
, Carvel (restaurant), Carvel, Cinnabon, Moe's Southwest Grill, and Schlotzsky's. * Kahala Brands owns Great Steak. * The Wendy's Company owns
Wendy's Wendy's is an American international fast food restaurant chain founded by Dave Thomas (1932–2002) on November 15, 1969, in Columbus, Ohio. Its headquarters moved to Dublin, Ohio, on January 29, 2006. As of December 31, 2018, Wendy's was t ...
and T.J. Cinnamons * Yum! Brands (spun-off from PepsiCo in 1997) owns KFC,
Taco Bell Taco Bell is an American-based chain of fast food restaurants founded in 1962 by Glen Bell (1923–2010) in Downey, California. Taco Bell is a subsidiary of Yum! Brands, Inc. The restaurants serve a variety of Mexican-inspired foods, includin ...
, and
Pizza Hut Pizza Hut is an American multinational restaurant chain and international franchise founded in 1958 in Wichita, Kansas by Dan and Frank Carney. They serve their signature pan pizza and other dishes including pasta, breadsticks and dessert a ...
restaurants outside of China. * Yum China owns KFC,
Taco Bell Taco Bell is an American-based chain of fast food restaurants founded in 1962 by Glen Bell (1923–2010) in Downey, California. Taco Bell is a subsidiary of Yum! Brands, Inc. The restaurants serve a variety of Mexican-inspired foods, includin ...
,
Pizza Hut Pizza Hut is an American multinational restaurant chain and international franchise founded in 1958 in Wichita, Kansas by Dan and Frank Carney. They serve their signature pan pizza and other dishes including pasta, breadsticks and dessert a ...
,
East Dawning East Dawning (, Dongfang Jibai) is Yum China's fusion of the KFC business model with Chinese cuisine. Chinese food is served exclusively, but the chain focuses on the elements of Chinese cuisine that are more quickly and easily prepared. This e ...
and Little Sheep restaurants in China.


See also

* List of the largest fast food restaurant chains * List of chicken restaurants * List of restaurant chains * List of revolving restaurants * Lists of restaurants


References

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